And, in fact, if these crimes appeal less to the senses, they appeal more to the mind; and the mind, in the last analysis, is the profoundest part of us. For the novelist, therefore, there is a new type of tragedy to be derived from these crimes, more intellectual than physical in character, which do not really seem to be crimes to the superficial judgement of old materialistic societies because they do not involve bloodshed, and murder is committed only in the sphere of feelings and manners.
Jules Barbey d'AurevillyTag: crime
For – as everyone knows – in libertinism bad taste is a potent force. ("A Woman's Vengeance")
Jules Barbey d'AurevillyTag: decadence decadent bad-taste libertinism
He was terrified by the sublime horror of it, for intensity of feeling, carried to this degree, is sublime. ("A Woman's Vengeance")
Jules Barbey d'AurevillyElle savait que tout ce qui est supérieur s'élève de soi vers le grand et le beau, en vertu d'une force latente, d'une gravitation secrète, comme les plantes qui n'ont pas besoin qu'on casse leurs tiges pour se retourner vers le soleil.
Jules Barbey d'AurevillyMen are all the same. Novelty amongst themselves displeases and upsets them – but if the novelty is wearing a skirt, they go crazy for it.
(Les hommes sont tous les mêmes. L'étrangeté leur déplaît, d'homme à homme, et les blesse ; mais si l'étrangeté porte des jupes, ils en raffolent.)
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